Wrigley Field during a thunder storm

• September 27, 2003: The Cubs clinch the National League Central division title, with a 7-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• October 14, 2003: In the top of the eighth inning of NLCS Game 6 with the Cubs leading 3-0 and five outs away from their first World Series in 58 years, a fan named Steve Bartman attempts to catch a foul ball, thwarting left fielder Moisés Alou's attempt to catch it. This incident is soon followed by walks, hits, a wild pitch and shortstop Alex S. Gonzalez's crucial error on a potential, inning-ending double play. The 8-run inning results in a Cubs loss. The Cubs would also lose Game 7 to the eventual World Series Champion Florida Marlins. See The Inning
• September 25, 2004: Security footage shows Sammy Sosa leaving Wrigley Field 15 minutes after the start of the last game of the 2004 season, which Sosa denied, claiming that he left much later. Sosa would later be traded to the Baltimore Orioles, ending a 12-year stint with the ballclub.
• July 26, 2005: Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux strikes out Omar Vizquel to become the thirteenth member of the 3000 strikeout club.
• September 4 & September 5, 2005: Jimmy Buffett becomes first musician to use Wrigley Field as a concert venue.
• June 13, 2006: The Cubs become the first team to use cell phones to call to the bullpen. Manager Phil Garner of the Houston Astros makes the first call to pitching coach Jim Hickey to 'test' the line.
• July 30-August 2, 2007: The Cubs set a home attendance record for a four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies, which draws 163,727.
• August 5, 2007: New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine wins the 300th game of his career, defeating the Cubs 8-3.
• October 6, 2007: The Cubs are eliminated from the NLDS when they go down 3-0 to the Arizona Diamondbacks
• March 31, 2008: The Cubs welcome opening day of the 2008 season against the Milwaukee Brewers by unveiling a life-size sculpture of Ernie Banks outside Wrigley Field. The statue originally includes a typo, "Lets Play Two," a phrase Banks was known for saying. An apostrophe was added two days later to correctly read "Let's Play Two."
• May 16, 2008: In only its 25th game of the season, Wrigley Field season attendance passes the million mark, the fastest in team history.

View of the grandstand from the right center field bleachers, April 5, 2008

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See also

• Wrigley Roof
• Ronnie Woo Woo

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Sources

• A Day at the Park, by William Hartel
• Ballparks of North America, by Michael Benson
• Cubs Journal, by John Snyder
• Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry
• Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography, by Stuart Shea
• Top 10 Ballparks of 2008 by Devin Pratt

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• Wrigley Field facts, figures, photos and more
• Brief History of Wrigley Field
• A profile of Wrigley Field, including what to do if you visit
• The Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, with more history and early pictures of the future site of Wrigley Field
• USGS photo of Wrigley Field
• Wrigley Field images and information
• Signs of a win at Wrigley Field
• Wrigley Field Rooftop Directory
• Wrigley Field Expansion
• Home movie footage from Pennant Raising Ceremony, June 21, 1930, and Game One of the 1929 World Series, October 8, 1929
• Wrigley Field is at coordinates 41°56′52.93″N, 87°39′20.45″WCoordinates: 41°56′52.93″N, 87°39′20.45″W

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